# Australian Paralympic Shooting Team

Shooting has been included in the Summer Paralympic Games from the 1976 Games. Australia has been represented at each Games since 1976.
Notable Australian athletes:
* Elizabeth Kosmala, a wheelchair athlete, has won 12 shooting medals (9 gold and 3 silver medals). Kosmala has been selected in the team for London Games. It will be her 11th consecutive Games.
* Barbara Caspers has won 7 medals (5 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals)

## Medal table

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1976 Toronto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 Arnhem | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 1984 Stoke Mandeville | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1988 Seoul | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 Sydney* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 Athens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 London | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 Rio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 15 | 7 | 3 | 25 |

## Summer Paralympic Games
### 1976

Australia represented by: Men – Kevin Bawden, J. Handbridge
Women – Elizabeth Richards Australia won 1 gold medal through Elizabeth Richard's performance in Mixed rifle shooting 2–5.

### 1980

Australia represented by:
Men – Peter Pascoe
Women – Barbara Caspers, Elizabeth Kosmala
Australia won 6 medals - 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 1 bronze medal

### 1984

Australia represented by:
Men – Troy Andrews, Kevin Bawden, Keith Bremner, Allan Chadwick, Peter Parker, Andrew Rainbow, Stanley Sims, Grant Walker
Women – Barbara Caspers, Elizabeth Kosmala Australian team won 9 gold medals - Barbara Caspers and Elizabeth Kosmala both won 4 gold medals and Allan Chadwick one gold medal.

### 1988 Seoul

Australia represented by:
Men – Robert Bakker, Keith Bremner, Allan Chadwick, Andrew Rainbow, Stanley Simms, Grant Walker
Women – Barbara Caspers, Elizabeth Kosmala
Elizabeth Kosmala won all Australia's shooting medals - 3 gold medals and one silver medal.

### 1992 Barcelona

Australia represented by:
Men – Keith Bremner, Andrew Rambow
Women – Elizabeth Kosmala

### 1996 Atlanta

Australia represented by:
Men – Ashley Adams, Keith Bremner, Iain Fischer, James Nomarhas, Peter Worsley
Women – Patricia Fischer, Libby Kosmala
Coach – Yvonne Hill (Head), Raymund Brummell

### 2000 Sydney

Australia represented in shooting by: Men – Ashley Adams, Stephen Guy, Stan Kosmala, Jeff Lane, James Nomarhas, Paul Schofield, Peter Shannon, Peter Tait, Peter Worsley
Women – Elizabeth Kosmala
Coaches – Yvonne Hill (Head), Anne Bugden, Evangelos Anagnostou
Officials – Andre Jurich
Australia won a silver medal with Peter Tait's performance in the pistol. Six shooters made finals.

### 2004 Athens

Australia represented in shooting:
Men - Ashley Adams, James Nomarhas, Peter Worsley, David Ziebarth Women – Elizabeth Kosmala
Coaches - Miroslav Sipek (Head), Hans Heiderman
Officials - Michelle Fletcher (Manager), Craig Jarvis, Elizabeth Ziebarth
Australia won 1 silver and 1 bronze medal through Ashley Adams' performances.
Detailed Australian Results

### 2008 Beijing

Representing Australia in shooting:
Men - Ashley Adams, Sebastian Hume, Jason Maroney
Women - Libby Kosmala
Coaches - Miro Sipek (Head Coach), Michelle Fletcher
Officials - Nick Sullivan (Section Manager), Anne Bugden
Australia did not win a medal.
Detailed Australian Results

### 2012 London

Representing Australia in shooting:
Men - Ashley Adams, Luke Cain, Jason Maroney, Bradley Mark
Women - Libby Kosmala, Natalie Smith
Coach - Miro Sipek
Officials – Section Manager – Nick Sullivan, Technical Support – Stuart Smith, Personal Care Attendant – Anne Bugden, Yvonne Cain, Margaret Zubcic
Libby Kosmala competed at her 11th Paralympic Games at the age of 70. Ashley Adams competed at his 4th Games. Natalie Smith won a bronze medal.
Detailed Australian Results

### 2016 Rio

Representing Australia in shooting:
Men - Luke Cain, Bradley Mark, Chris Pitt (d), Anton Zappelli (d) Women - Libby Kosmala, Natalie Smith
'Coach - Head Coach - Miro Sipek, Assistant Coach - Margaret Bugden,
Officials - Team Leader - Tim Mahon, Carers - Yvonne Cain, Stuart Smith, Margaret Zubcic
Australia did not win any medals. Australia's best placing was Christopher Pitt's fourth.
Detailed Australian Results

### 2020 Tokyo

Representing Australia in shooting:
Men - Chris Pitt, Anton Zappelli Women - Natalie Smith
Officials - Team Leader - Kurt Olsen, Technical Support - Catherine Berry
Australia did not win any medals.
Detailed Australian Results
   (d) Paralympic Games debut
Australia did not win any medals. Australia's best placing was Christopher Pitt's fourth.